[TIB] Re: games
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[TIB] Re: games
>From what I've seen on this list before (years ago) the closest you can
bet to sprites in basic is another program that you can pass some
coordinates to. This 'sprite' program will draw the pic at those
coordinates. Sense the z80 calcs can't use arguments, you will have to
use some other variables or a list. It's kind of a crude way of doing
it, but it works. This is a blatant plug, but check out Mech83. It's in
the 83 Basic games section. I forget what the name of the function is,
it's been a while, but it draws the enemy based on a x, y, and z
position. I used a series of Line()'s you may want to do it pixel by
pixel, it just depends on the kind of image you are trying to draw.
--Matthew
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[mailto:ti-basic-bounce@lists.ticalc.org] On Behalf Of Zach Tong
Sent: Wednesday, September 26, 2001 7:36 PM
To: ti-basic@lists.ticalc.org
Subject: [TIB] Re: games
i'm gonna reply to both of these at once. first of all, wow. that is
way more
complicated stuff than i have used. but i can learn. first of all, you
really
need to show me how to do this. i understand what you said, but i have
no way
to even possibly fathom how to do it.
first, how would i make library thingy to hold my sprites, how do i
make the
sprites, and how doi use them.
secondly,the exact same questions but with bitmaps and matrix stuff.
thank you for your patience, i know teaching a newb is often very
stressful.
zach
Matthew Waters wrote:
>
>
> The idea of a realtime battle system in BASIC was just a joke.
Even if
> you could implement it, it would be slower than molasses oozing down a
45
> degree incline. Don't even try it, unless you plan on making some z80
ASM
> components to the game.
>
> As for sprites, they are merely animated graphics that can be
moved (as
> opposed to tiles on a map and such). As for making maps with a matrix,
> createbitmaps (also matrices) to use as tiles, then assign a positive
> integervalue to each tile, and put those values into wherever you want
them
> in the matrix.
>
> As for your last question, I believe that will work on any TI
model
> graphing calculator.
>
> <stupidjoke> BTW, did anyone notice that the AMS operating system
for
> the68k calcs is an anagram for ASM?</stupidjoke>
Mike Hogsett wrote:
> A sprite is a small graphic image which is generally used for game
> objects (such as paddle, ball, and bricks in breakout). In a game
> graphics library there would ( or should ) be library functions for
> placing sprites into a graphics buffer ( either the screen itself, or
> an offscreen buffer ). Often these sprites constist of two images.
> One is the image itself (often multiple bitplanes for a color image) ,
> and the other image is a mask (a single bit plane). The mask controls
> which pixels of the image are actually drawn. Also the masks may be
> used for a collision detection function.
>
> The most frequently seen sprite is the mouse pointer.
>
> - Mike
>
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